Everything needed to run a real bidding marketplace.
Build the customer journey, provider network, bidding process and revenue model inside WordPress—then brand the marketplace as your own.
Move from a posted project to a real provider offer.
Bid Plugin is designed around the transaction that matters: a customer needs work completed and providers want the opportunity to win it.
Custom project forms
Collect descriptions, budgets, deadlines, service selections, photos, documents, videos and industry-specific answers.
Open bidding
Allow participants to see bid activity when a transparent marketplace fits your business model.
Sealed bidding
Keep proposals private when providers should submit their best offer without seeing competitors’ pricing.
Owner-controlled media uploads
Allow customer photos, documents and videos while the marketplace owner controls file types, file counts and maximum upload sizes.
Bid deadlines and status
Show when bidding closes and whether a project is open, awarded, completed or otherwise unavailable.
Customer award workflow
Give customers a structured way to review bids and select the provider they want to work with.
Purpose-built experiences for both sides.
Customers and providers see the tools relevant to their role instead of fighting through the standard WordPress backend.
Customer dashboard
Customers can manage posted projects, review activity and follow the work they have awarded.
Provider dashboard
Providers can discover opportunities, track bids and manage their marketplace activity.
Admin-created projects
Marketplace owners can publish projects using the same structured fields customers use.
Business profiles
Connect providers to marketplace listings containing the information customers need to evaluate them.
CSV business imports
Seed a new marketplace by importing existing businesses instead of waiting for every company to register.
Business outreach
Use imported business information to contact relevant providers and invite them to bid on matching projects.
Useful location data without exposing customers.
Set separate city, state and ZIP fields, support remote projects and decide how precise customer locations should be handled.
Your marketplace, your rules.
Bid Plugin stays behind the scenes while the marketplace carries your name, colors, logo and support information.
Keep the conversation and appointment inside the marketplace.
BidPlugin now gives customers and providers practical tools for moving from a submitted bid to an organized appointment without exposing private account information.
Private job messaging
Customers can message providers who bid, while awarded providers retain a dedicated project conversation.
Protected attachments
Exchange images and PDFs through permission-checked downloads tied to the correct job participants.
Email notifications
Notify recipients when a new private marketplace message arrives so conversations do not stall.
Provider availability
Providers choose their available days and general working hours from their own dashboard.
Appointment workflow
Customers and awarded providers can propose, confirm, decline and reschedule job appointments.
Matched-job alerts
Providers can opt in to email alerts when a newly posted job matches one of their selected services.
Editable provider profiles
Providers manage their business name, contact name, provider type, phone, website and service description.
Public identity protection
Public bids and messages use the provider business name instead of exposing usernames or email addresses.
Admin message moderation
Administrators can review message records for support and safety and reject or mask configured words and phrases.
Choose how the marketplace earns revenue.
Different industries have different economics. Bid Plugin gives the owner room to build the model around the opportunity.
Free marketplace
Start with free access to build supply, customer activity and provider participation.
Subscriptions
Charge providers recurring access for marketplace opportunities and account features.
Credits or fees
Build around credits, fixed access fees or a hybrid approach through WooCommerce-compatible settings.
Build the bidding marketplace your niche needs.
Use Bid Plugin for local services, contractor work, B2B quotes or remote freelance projects.